9) Money is in bad shape, send us a decision giving us the right to legal action. The Germans have refused. Without the court there will be complete collapse within 3-4 months.

10) If you have no sources of funds, we must immediately carry out a radical revision of the budget: we have gone beyond all norms and are heading toward bankruptcy.

11) In *Vorwärts* of March 26 there appeared a furious and vile article against the conference, in the name of the editorial board 75. It is clear that this is Trotsky. A great battle over the conference, while Russia is silent. There is no point in boasting and bragging: everyone knows about *Vorwärts* and the protests, but nothing from Russia.

The upshot: this is disintegration and disorganization. Travel and connections. Exact correspondence. Reprinting of notices, even hectograph. Otherwise it's all mere boasting.

Lenin

Pass this letter on to S. for further forwarding. Greetings.

in the journal

written in the hand of E. D. Stasova

Sent from Paris to Tiflis

First printed in 1934

*Red Archive* No. 1

Printed from the copy,